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­­Streetfight – Handbook for an Urban Revolution by Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow

Reviewed by Todd Jersey, AIA

Written primarily for urban activists, Janette Sadik-Kahn and Seth Solomonow’s Streetfight documents the now well-copied street improvement initiatives implemented during her six-year tenure as transportation commissioner in New York City. Sadik-Khan/Solomonow’s mission was to “claw back” the public realm from the 100-year onslaught of auto-centricity and to, in her words, “rebalance” our streets to more equitably serve pedestrians and bicyclists and more effectively accommodate other forms of mobility.1[Read more…] about How Sadik-Khan clawed back the streets of NYC for walkers and bikers – book review